Tipon on the 9th of the 9th 2009

This was an amazing day with two ceremonies - one at Tipon and one back at the hotel in Cusco. The day is very auspcious as it is the 9th day of the 9th month in 2009. ie 9 9 9.


This is a picture of our Shaman guide Adriel, at the place where we performed the water ceremony as a purification before performing the dispacho ceremony. He is holding a bag of coca leaves. You chew them like tobacco to aid in altitude sickness. But also they are used in the ceremonies.




Here is a photo of Adriel and I - note the new felt hat (6 pounds) so that I look the part!









Despacho ceremony
After completing the purification, we were ready to receive the blessing for health, finances and relationships. Lots of different offerings were made and assembled by the two queros. We placed our three coca leaves individually into the offering. Then the offering was bound and each one of us was blessed with it.

Here is a link which explains the ceremony in more detail





It turned out that the two queros, Victor and Pedro lived in a remote part of peru and had had to walk 12 hours to get a bus and then a 5 hour bus journey to Cusco to be with us to conduct the ceremony.


Finally on the evening a female Shaman, Donna Bernadina, conducted another blessing with an intensity that was really powerful.